I've read several (not all) of the novels. The most readable ones in my opinion are "Rising", "Death Game", "Casualties of War" (though Shep is a bit emo in it), "Mirror, Mirror" (I think that's the one where Rodney is dreaming of eating lemon merenge pie and not in a suicidal way). I've read "Exogenesis" too but I can't remember much about it. Avoid "Hunt and Run" like the plague. I just found a short review I did for "Entanglement" in my little What I Read book: "Slow. Not very good. Bad characterization. Too many references to snack cakes." so, I don't recommend that one. I finished "Brimstone" last night; it read like bad, bad fanfiction. "Dead End" was decent if not great. "Homecoming" was pretty good except it had *way* too much Keller in my opinion.